I saw a lot about this game, and how you get a pantheon of guest characters, and during trailers and stuff, I only saw Matthew, Karis, and Tyrell as the main cast. But then I got Rief, who fits with the cast perfectly, and has been with my party for a pretty good amount of time.

So, is Rief my fourth character? I have given him pretty much no items, and he is usually the last one I upgrade equipment for, because if he isn't staying long, I don't want him to take all my items with him or waste money re-equipping him each time.

In the first one, Jenna "runs away" and then never joins your team again. : PThe only time a playable character runs away from you is with the second air adept, she joins, runs away, then joins for sure.

So, do you mean every character I get in this game except maybe one will stay in my party permanently? Because if so, I'd like Amiti to pull his weight in supplies as well. He's much better than Rief, BTW.

Yeah, the concept of Guest characters besides Jenna would be new, but I'm just making sure, because there are games where Guest characters come, stay with you for 10 minutes, and leave with your stuff.

Yep, they all stay with you forever and ever, though I'm not sure if the second air adept loses your items when she joins you for the first time...Wiat, I think shes just a guest when she first joins so you can't give her any items, it would make snice. You don't have to worry with Amite, I know for sure he stays for sure.

Karis is a better healer and general utility character than Rief could ever hope to be.

if there isnt i'm gonna open a character discussion topic, to avoid this one being deranged, karis is a decent healer rief can do more, and also you will wnat sveta over karis, sveta options at the time of attacking and her classes outclass said character, she has 4-6 options on attack, my party is usually mathew, sveta, rief, Paolo i chose rief over amiti, who is a physical water adept, and we have mathew who offensive in off, and usually superior in most situations, not to mention rief is more a cleric than amiti or karis will ever dream of, paolo over tyrell cuz the former has simply way more options in psyenergy and has one in particular exclusive to him so bunching all the item nased psyenergies of his element is not such a bad idea, his only problem is that he cannot equip a dark sword (correct me if i am wrong).

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quote guile from SB

In the beginning, the Planet made Weapons to protect itself. What does it need protecting from? Tifa Lockhart.

Tifa Lockhart doesn't call the wrong number. You pick up the wrong PHS.

Highlight this box with your cursor to read the spoiler text.Sveta leaves your party after you get through the Te Rya ruins, but she rejoins later in the Belinsk ruins when she Spirit Senses Matthew and finds out that the Tuaparang generals (Blados and Chalis) have been manipulating events in their favour, getting Sveta to secretly give the players the Slap Glove so they could defeat the Mountain Roc, and influencing Volechek into imprisoning the Sanan woman Hou Ju, Ryu Kou's sister so that he would activate the Alchemy Dynamo with the Magma Orb from the Mountain Roc's stomach.

Sveta's the only one in the game that leaves your party, temporarily.

Sveta's a more physical based Jupiter Adept, which makes her do more damage than Karis, so Rief's a better healer to have on the party if you switch Karis for Sveta, because Sveta's healing Psynergy only affects one person while Rief's healing Psynergy can heal everyone.

Spoiler: Second Jupiter Adept

Sveta leaves your party after you get through the Te Rya ruins, but she rejoins later in the Belinsk ruins when she Spirit Senses Matthew and finds out that the Tuaparang generals (Blados and Chalis) have been manipulating events in their favour, getting Sveta to secretly give the players the Slap Glove so they could defeat the Mountain Roc, and influencing Volechek into imprisoning the Sanan woman Hou Ju, Ryu Kou's sister so that he would activate the Alchemy Dynamo with the Magma Orb from the Mountain Roc's stomach.

Sveta's the only one in the game that leaves your party, temporarily.

Sveta's a more physical based Jupiter Adept, which makes her do more damage than Karis, so Rief's a better healer to have on the party if you switch Karis for Sveta, because Sveta's healing Psynergy only affects one person while Rief's healing Psynergy can heal everyone.